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• Barnes & Noble: 25% off one book
  • Use coupon T3Y9Y9T.
  • It says you can save 25% on one book and one DVD, but I’m not clear as to whether you can use this for both in the same order. Give it a try!
  • Expires March 19, 2007

• Vons.com – Get $10 for groceries when you buy 10 or more of hundreds of participating products.
  
  • Use coupon code “RALLY”
  • Groceries must be delivered by 2/27/2007
  • Use code “DFIRST” to get free shipping on your first order over $50.

• 1-800-FLOWERS.COM: Save up to 40% on Valentine’s Day gifts.

• Netflix: Try it FREE for two weeks!
• Dell.com: 25% off Select Inspiron™ 1501 Notebooks.
• Mrs. Fields: Use code 7LVN for 10% all Valentine’s items.
• Office Depot: Save $30 off any $150 purchase in February.
• SecondSpin.com: 20% off all video games with code “gamesale” at checkout.
• SecondSpin.com: Free Shipping with code “freeholiday” at checkout.
• Lancome: Receive deluxe samples of Color Design Eye Shadow in Designer, Couture, Faux Pas, and Daylight; L’Extreme Mascara in Black, with any $35 purchase. Use code “DESIRABLE” at checkout.

I may already have posted a couple of these, but here are some choice coupons:

Store	Offer	Code	Expiry
Barnes & Noble Online	Additional 15% off after membership discount	E7J6C7K	2/18/2007
JoAnn.com	Free Shipping with order of $25	FEBFSA725	2/28/2007
JoAnn.com	40% OFF the regular price of 1 item all month	FEBA740	2/28/2007
JoAnn.com	50% OFF the regular price of 1 item all month	FEBA750	2/28/2007
Dell Home	$300 off $1499 on Inspiron notebooks, limit 10000 uses	QQ0PKWMH$RVZ02	2/15/2007
Dell Home	20% off $999 Inspiron notebooks, limit 10000 uses	9J8GXZ1S0RXMB?	2/15/2007
Dell Home	25% off $999+ on select Dimension desktops, limit 4000 uses	6TD9G$5C07?T2W	2/15/2007
Yankee Candle	Free shipping on orders over $40	XF702F1	2/11/2007

If you’re a student like me, odds are you’re spending obscene, insane (ha, obscane!) amounts on textbooks. I’m in law school, so you can imagine what my textbook bills are like!

Luckily, I figured out early that there are ways to get your books at low prices without having to buy a torn-apart used copy – not that used books in good shape aren’t great! Sometimes, though, you just can’t find one in decent shape, and you have to buy new. Do what I did – get a Barnes & Noble membership!

For $25/year, you’ll get in-store and online member prices ranging from 10%-40% off the list price, but the real paydirt comes around the various holidays, when you check your email and find online coupons offering 15-25% off a single item in addition to your member discount. Friends, fellow students, THIS is what you really signed up for. Use those big chunky coupons to buy your big chunky textbooks. It’s SO WORTH IT. You’ll get them particularly often around the holiday season, but they still show up throughout the year. I was able to get all new books this semester, for LESS money than it would have cost me to get used books. Granted, you won’t always get one JUST when you need to order books, but especially for the winter/spring term, you’re generally in pretty good shape.

Want to cash in on these awesome discounts?

Sign up for a Barnes & Noble membership now!

P.S. Did I mention that you can usually use these coupons on used textbooks as well???

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If you’re here, I’m sure you already know that before you make ANY Internet purchase, you should Google (or BLINGO!) to see if there are any active coupons! Before you start searching, though, xpbargains.com is the site to visit; they have a wide range of online merchants, and they’ve got great deals. For example, you should never, EVER purchase a DELL computer without first checking xpbargains.com for coupons sometimes exceeding 25% off your order! SERIOUSLY. This could save you hundreds of dollars, and not just on tech purchases. No, I get no referral fee for telling you about this. I just think everybody should know about it!

(Of course, the next think you’ll want to do is figure out whether you can get cash back for the purchase on eBates…